Sled



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SLED

originaliled Jan. 19, 1927 @Houvuuj dat i Patented July s, 193e WALTER cQLnNDifiitnnHL, or, sroizANii, wAsHiNG'roN v s'LEn y Application filed January 19, 1927, Serial No.`162,073 9. VRenewed January 4, 19x30. v .i u

My present invention relates to improveand provided with a draft attachment or Vhandle by means of which the sled may be pulled up the coasting hill on the return trip. A single, front steering runner ofthe pivoted or rocking and swiveled type is utilized and steering mechanism is employed for use by the occupant in manipulating the steering runner, and of coursethe sled may be steered by the draft-handle vwhen the sled is being pulled. The rear sled-member runners are provided with shock absorbing means as will be described for the purpose of absorbing movement due to irregularities encountered in the path of travel of the coasting sled, thus permitting greater speed of the sled and adding to the safety and comfort of the riders.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and `arrangement of parts for accomplishing the above purposes as will hereinafter be more fully pointed out and set forth in my appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings I` have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to the best mode I have thus far devised for parts otherwise invisible.

the practical Aapplication of the principles fof my invention.

Figure 4 is a detail planview of oneof the guide sleeve for the steering cable showing its relation to a foot brace at the front of the sled.

In carrying out my invention the usual seatf board or body 1 of the sled is utilized in suitable size and shape for the desired purpose,

and the rear support for this board is made up of a pair of spaced longitudinally disposed runners 2 which are rigidly connected by a cross board 3 and a frontvcross bar L The runnersQ, 2, are thus rigidly 'connected toform a well-braced structure, and resilient means are interposed between these runners and the' underside of the body of the sled for the'purpose of absorbing shocks. Y

The shocl; absorbingl means :includes a pair of curved leaves o'rflat springs 5 disposedr` longitudinally of the board 1 and above the runners 2 and anchored at their front ends,` as ati@ to the underside of the bofardf The rear ends of these springs may be'slotted to compensate for movement between the run-I ners and the board vand to accommodate "the posts that rise vertically fromthe base plates 8. These posts telescope in and are designed to reciprocate in guide sleeves 9 which'are at-l y tached by their flanges 9 and screws or bolts to the underside of the Vboard 1 directly above the posts, with the upper endsof the posts always projecting into the sleeves,- 'and an opening 10 may be provided in the board for each of the pins, or posts. Each post has a spring 11 coiledabout it and interposed between the flangedsleeve and the basevplate of the post, and it will be apparent that the fiat spring-and the coiled spring at each side. of the sled will appreciably absorb the shocks due to passage of the runners overirregulari-V ties in the path of travel of the sled, thus adding to the safety and comfort of the passenger or passengers.- f 7 'Ihe sled isy .steered bytheiise of a single steering runner 12 located at the frontyand longitudinal center line of the sled and bei` tween this lrunner and the seat board are prf0 f vided rocking andswivel jointsto insure'the necessary flexibility for steering and for the smooth travel of the sled when coasting or otherwise traveling. 1 Y

The swivel` movement is accomplished by the use of a king bolt 13 secured at its upper eiidiby a washer 13a and cotter pin 131" above the topsurface of the seat board. The pin passes through4 an opening in the seatboard and the latter is countersunk to properly lo-` cate the washerand cotter-pin. v.Beneaththe seat board a perforated guideplate 14;l for the king bolt is secured and the latterV has an enlarged, flat headr 15 for frictional contact with ythe underface' of this v guide plate as the runner is steeredl or turned. Y The rocking movement of the sled in a vertical plane is accomplshed by the use of a pair of perforated earslJ integral with the head 15 and these lugs straddle the complementary perforated lug 17 that proj ects upwardlyfromthe upper edge of .the runner 12. AV pivot pin '18 is.` passed through these ears andlug to for-1n the center of the rocking movement at the steering or `front end of thesled.

`For` use by the occupant insteering the;

sleed when coasting, I provide a hand Wheel 19 having'a drum 20 located abovethe seat board and rotatable in a bearing opening inj the seat board with the bearing pinor shaft" l 2,1` as av center. A cable 22 4is given a couple of turns around the drum and its ends extend Vwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by The combination with a seatl board, of a Y front single steering runner having a rocking pivot and a swivel pivotin connection With the seat board, a sectional telescopic handle pivoted at the front end of said runner, and

lspaced pins on the seat board to function as a fulcruni for said handle When'steering. p

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s s 1eeves23supportedatfthe outer ends of foot braces 24. Theffootbraces areattached to. the opposite sides ofthe seat-board in position for convenient useby the person steer-A ing the sled andthese sleeves-.0n the Vfoot braces thus guide the cable ends out ofthe Way ofV the steersman. ,From'the guide sleevesthecable ends passfto Veyes or loops 25 at the ends `of thezhandle pivot pin26 i which passes `through theffront perforated jend of thegsteering runner; Thus by' turn- Jingfthe Wheel in usual'manner the sled may :be steered by the occupant While coasting. l

Asa draft attachment'for usefin returning the. slediup the-,coasting hill or for otherv use, I use atelescoping handle attached to the runner by the pin 26. As seenin Figures 1 and2 thistelescopic handle may be retracted to4 short length to be'out'of the Way' when thesteeringwlieel is used for coasting, but it may readilyibeeiitended When desired for use -pin'l may be provided at the endof the bar f llnfadditiontop itsv use inpullingthe sled, the/telescopic lhandle is adapted' When desirablev ornec'es'sary, for alternate use with the handwheel in steering thes'led. For this purpose a pair of pins32ar`e .provided attheV front of the-seat board andthe: telescopingV handle as shown? in Figures land 2 passes between thesevpins When it is in position for steering by the occupant,` when `the hand' Wheel is used. These pins are preferably the 'prongs of a Urshaped boltthat is securely and firmly fixedat thefront of the seat board, and' it Wil-l be iapparentth'at the telescopic-handle may-*bel svvunglaterfalflyof the sled to steer it, using the pinslas-fulcrums for this movement.

Having thus fully described my invention, 

